February 27, 2017 Open Thread; International Polar Bear Day
February 27 is the 58th day of the year. There are 307 days left.
Today's number is 27
27 is a perfect cube, 3^3.
27 is the atomic number of cobalt.
27 is the weight of the only stable isotope of aluminum.
The A-27 was a WWII American attack aircraft
27 is the number of bones in the human hand.[6]
27 is the average crowd funded contribution to Bernie Sanders.
I-27 is an Interstate Highway, entirely within Texas, from Lubbock to Amarillo. Interstate, hello?
27 is self locating in pi. (Counting up from zero, the 27th & 28th digits after the decimal are 27.)
Title 27 of the US Code is INTOXICATING LIQUORS
27 BCE
Was the Year of the Second Consulship of Octavian and Agrippa
Octavian returned full power to the Senate which, in exchange, granted him the titles of Princeps and Augustus. As Augustus, he bacame the first Roman Emperor.
Emperor Ai of Han, was born
Marcus Terentius Varro died.
27 CE
Was the Year of the Consulship of Piso and Frugi
Apricots were transported from Asia to Rome
Petronius was born
On this day in:
0380 -- Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors tell all Roman citizens to convert to trinitarian Christianity.
1782 -- The British House of Commons voted against further war in America.
1812 -- Manuel Belgrano raised the Flag of independent Argentina in the city of Rosario.
1844 -- The Dominican Republic won its independence from Haiti
1900 -- The British Labour Party was founded.
1922 -- The Supremes ruled in favor of the 19th Amendment in Leser v. Garnett.
1933 -- Reichstag fire
1939 -- The Supremes outlawed sit-down strikes in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp
1940 -- Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered carbon-14
1951 -- The 22nd Amendment was ratified
1963 -- Juan Bosch, became the first elected post-Trujillo president of the Dominican Republic
Born this day in:
0272 -- Constantine the Great, superstitious Roman theofascist.
1689 -- Pietro Gnocchi, composer, and polymath
1807 -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet and educator
1859 -- Bertha Pappenheim, activist and author
1869 -- Alice Hamilton, physician, toxicologist and academic
1886 -- Hugo Black, jurist
1897 -- Marian Anderson, singer
1899 -- Charles Herbert Best, co-discoverer of Insulin
1902 -- John Steinbeck, journalist and author,
1904 -- James T. Farrell, author and poet
1907 -- Mildred Bailey, singer, the Queen of Swing
1914 -- Winifred Atwell, pianist
1923 -- Dexter Gordon, saxophonist, composer, and actor
1934 -- Ralph Nader, lawyer, politician, and activist, sometimes confused with Satan
1938 -- Jake Thackray, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and journalist
1942 -- Jimmy Burns, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1955 -- Peter Christopherson, keyboard player, songwriter, and director; throbbing Gristle
1957 -- Adrian Smith, guitarist and songwriter; Iron Maiden
1959 -- Johnny Van Zant, singer & songwriter
1971 -- Rozonda Thomas, singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress; TLC
1980 -- Chelsea Clinton, famous offspring
1981 -- Josh Groban, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor
Died this day in:
1706 -- John Evelyn, author & diarist
1720 -- Samuel Parris, minister, Salem witch hunter & prosecutor, slave owner & general rat bastard
1735 -- John Arbuthnot, physician, mathemetician, satirist and polymath
1887 -- Alexander Borodin, composer and chemist
1936 -- Ivan Pavlov, physiologist, physician, & bell ringer
1968 -- Frankie Lymon, singer & songwriter
1977 -- John Dickson Carr, author and playwright
1985 -- Ray Ellington, singer, band-leader, and drummer
1992 -- S. I. Hayakawa, semanticist, linguist, university president and politician.
2008 -- William F. Buckley, Jr., author and journalist, founded the National Review
2013 -- Van Cliburn, pianist
2015 -- Leonard Nimoy, token vulcan actor
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:
International Polar Bear Day
National Strawberry Daay
Anosmia Awareness Day
So, for music Pietro Gnocchi Marian Anderson Mildred Bailey Winifred Atwell Dexter Gordon Jake Thackray Jimmy Burns Peter Christopherson Adrian Smith Johnny Van Zant Rozonda Thomas Josh Groban Alexander Borodin Frankie Lymon Ray Ellington Van Cliburn-
Pietro Gnocchi
Marian Anderson
Mildred Bailey
Winifred Atwell
Dexter Gordon
Jake Thackray
Jimmy Burns
Peter Christopherson
Adrian Smith
Johnny Van Zant
Rozonda Thomas
Josh Groban
Alexander Borodin
Frankie Lymon
Ray Ellington
Van Cliburn
OK, what's on your minds?
Bonus:
First, Night in Tunisia, because
Then, this - sorry about the ads, just click through
Comments
mmmm apricots!
Token Vulcan actor
Star Trek Trivia: Spock's mom, from whom he got the human side he so disdained (and who could blame him?), was the wife and mom in the TV series, Father Knows Best.
On Anosmia Awareness Day, of which I just became aware, I note that anosmia sufferers are not aware of smells
Intoxicating Liquors got a perfect cube? Seems fitting. The guy who invented the hole in ice cubes did not like his son, so he left his whole hole fortune to his son's son, or his grandson. Based on my one encounter with the grandson, grandad chose wisely. (all true)
Hadn't made that connection for intoxicating liquors,
thanks for bringing it up.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Banting and Best. In Canada for the discovery? Don't recall.
I dealt with a diabetic dog. Very expensive. Dead now, cremains still in house. Plans to scatter them have taken a turn with my broken foot. I will have to deal with the 50+bulbs I planted last year. Leaves are showing on some. Spring will come. More snow dumps before. It snowed on my birth date. I have lived around collegetowns my entire life.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
In Canada for the idea, discovery, testing, etc.
As near as I can tell, the whole process was Canadian, eh.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
good morning
Came across a somewhat amusing story about being 27 -
https://theawl.com/twenty-seven-d2fbacb89d2#.y51ytq20k
I can still remember a little from my 27th year. Sure would be nice to have that level of energy and vitality again. However I hope I've gained a little wisdom since those days. Another nice trade off is now being retired instead of working.
Been thinking of learning this for years...something to keep me looking forward...along with appropriate comments from the Weavers reunion in 1980 (4.5 min)
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuAUG-AxweQ]
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Our noses take on their own character
as we age. If only jowls would stay intact and not sag.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
I think
bulldogs are cute.
There is no such thing as TMI. It can always be held in reserve for extortion.
That was the age at which I began my slow slide into
participation in the straight economy. Half-way through my 28th year my fate was sealed. A very complicated time for me.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
In what economy did you participate prior to that?
I didn't know there is an intrastate interstate in my state. I wonder what the story behind it is. Weird for sure!
Partly underground, partly the hippie precurser of
the gig economy.
"I-x" designations get you Federal matching bux. The East Bay has its own, I-880,roughly 45 & 1/2 miles long, which connects Oakland to San Jose.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
There's an essay in there somwhere
I was reading an essay by @umairh(as I usually do) and came across this quote.
I was struck by this characterization of 'The Left'. It does explain a lot about 'progressives' and the Democratic party. There's no problem pandering to the 'winners' in a Hils dominated party. It's all about "equal opportunity" not more equal results.
The game is supposed to be 'Meritocracy'. The talented win out.
Meritocracy totally fails as economics.
I'm appealing to gjohnsit to flesh this idea out into a real essay. (Beg Beg)
#denexit bigtime
I want a Pony!
That's the Faux Left in a nutshell
They're perfectly happy with co-opting the Right's game of "We're Better Than Them Because Reasons" and putting their own spin on it. But they're poseurs one and all, and by any objective measurement every single one would be well to the right of the "center".
While Bernie isn't Faux Left, he's hardly more "radical" (ha ha ha) than they are, fetching up just to the right of the center pole. And he never was the type to rock the boat as hard as it needs. He wants to wake people up, not lead them on a crusade. But we need somebody to do that too - or maybe we need to realize that we can do it ourselves.
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
You have to recall that the Democratic establishment
found LBJ to be horrifyingly leftist, so much so that they blamed the left for the decline in Democratic electoral success caused by the withdrawal of the Dixiecrats from the party over racism v. Civil Rights. They've continued to perpetrate that myth as an excuse to keep the left out of policy decisions.
So, what was this terrifying far left agenda.
1) The street left pushed for civil liberties & civil rights
2) LBJ went along with civil rights and enacted the civil rights act
3) The street left often called for various degrees of socialism
4) LBJ called for a war on poverty + the great society and signed medicare into law
5) The street left called for peace and so did some Dems.
That's it, the horrible, terrifying leftist agenda, civil liberty, civil rights, equality, medicare and peace. It still terrifies them, which is why some of them felt that Ellison would push the party too far to the left.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Hola, everybody! Sorry I'm late, as usual, but I always
seem to have busy mornings. For one, I like a cooked breakfast.
I am a lazy quasi-foodie, so tonight's dinner is slow-cooker Chicken Marsala. Slow cooker as in "goes on early". It will be accompanies by garlic-cauliflower mashed potatoes made in my pressure cooker. My pressure cooker is an instant pot, which is also my slow cooker, so the spuds have to be made and everything cleaned up early enough that I don't have to rush dinner prep.
Not that I'm whining, I've got it pretty damn good. Oh yes, the household overlords have been pretty demanding this morning too.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Good morning caucus people
Thanks for the Monday number's OT, enhydra lutris. I'm listening to the wonderful Night in Tunisia video as I type. As I get older I'm liking jazz more and more. A rocker I'll always be but jazz and classical are pulling me. Maybe it's the sorry state of current pop music including the twee, wimpy Indie's. In my youth pop music went to hell with the advent of what I call the Bobby's some of who we're not even called Bobby, the one exception was Bobby Darren who was a good Bobby. I turned to folk music and some jazz during this era. Then the Brits invaded and popular artist's globally wrested control form the corporate record company dinosaurs. FM actually played alternative rock/pop music I got to rock out once again.
Some music
Indie Rockers?
My first jazz love.
Hi, Shaz. Clearly not a Bobby
And, there was that era when top 40 included many genres and crossovers, including stuff like
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Bobby Dylan is no slouch.
But like like the name Zimmerman back now.
I have been referred to the "foot guy" at the orthopods. Thursday. Pain is intense. Refuse opiates. But I am getting mean. And I may have months of healing. Good suntan this year?
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
Also not a Bobby
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
"Please Pull the Twine"
Yes, it's Leonard Nimoy!
Thanks Shaz, but it would've been better had
he sung the verse in question.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
I didn't see the 27 club mentioned
sorry to be slow here, and maybe I missed it... but the 27 club is a significant 27 in my book.
The 27 club is those great musicians that died at 27, starting with Robert Johnson the great blues player (believed arsenic (murder) as I recall). There still wasnt' a club then. I think it was named in the 1970's after Brian Jones (Stones), Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison (Doors) became members in far too quick a succession.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Somehow that one never stuck with me, so it never comes to mind
Thanks for bringing it up, though.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --